Relationships
Alistair Shirogane
Formerly Alistair kir Zilar, lost son of Doma and exiled engineer of Garlemald. Once, Maru's greatest frustration; now, Alistair is the Steppe-raised Raen's full moon.The engineer who designed Ushiwaka's prosthetic arm and leg, though if Maru keeps destroying the data chip in the shoulder, he may soon find his limbs replaced with claw toys, instead...
Charlotte Tamorian (Sasaki)
The mysterious widow of an Ul'dahn merchant, and a well-known Hingashi trade mogul in her own right. Formerly "only" Alistair's benefactor, her support after Maru's time in Bozja has carved a permanent place in his heart.
Very... encouraging of Maru's more mischievous impulses.
Mehjabin Sangodkar
Ushiwaka's mother. A well-traveled, well-educated woman hailing from a Hannish merchant family, who married a Minamoto man shortly before the Doman occupation. Fifteen years in Garlean captivity have done nothing to dull her wit, nor her love for her son, just recently reunited.
When Maru walked into Le Renard Argente one night on a dare, he did not expect to find a confidante behind the bar. Despite their casual and relatively recent meeting, the only people Maru trusts more than Zamis are those who have personally witnessed his past -- though Zamis has seen more of that past than most.
After decades of moving through the world without family, his paternal cousin Rin has been a welcome addition into his life. Few can loosen Maru's tongue for gossip so easily as she does.
H'aster Marchentraum
Cotton Bailedine
H'aster:
Far older than his changeling face would suggest, and one of the few consistently welcome enigmas from Ushiwaka's past.
Cotton:
A suspicious little catte who knows far too much for anyone's good, Maru does not trust this man, except with his life.
Taichar Kahkol
